The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-19
SIXTY.THIRD LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
Especial to the Press.l

petitions, etc., were introduced;
Petition of L. r. King ct ais for incorporation of
odfGi Petop maeE a. eS e for aet to nco
porate wharf company to be called the Centre
Harbor Steamboat Wharf Company, with accom-
Remonstrance of W. B. Eaton, ct ais, against
change of ownership of the franchise of running
the Ferry known as the Hancock and Sullivan
Ferry.
Remonstrance OF Chalmer r. Vose. ct ais,
agaidst the closing of Tufts Grindstone and Dut-
ton ponds in Kingfeld.
Bill to incorporate the Maine State Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty TO Animals, accompa-
MED by petitions of Annie g.! Pepper OF Water,
VILE and others, e. c. Harrington of Portland and
others, f. L. Dingley and others OF Lewiston, and
Charles Hamn and others Of Bangor.
Resolve in favor of L. ID. Fuller Of Buckfeld, in
troduced by Mr.. Gilbert of Canton.
Petition in favor OF Gettysburg monuments.
Remonstrance of f. II. Gould and others against
the repeal Of the trustee process.
Petitions of j. w. Jones and S. M. Jones for ex-
elusive right TO navigate the kennebec river be-
Tween Norrldgewock Falls and Carratunk Falls.
Among the orders introduced and passed
in the Senate were these:
By Mr.. Gushee, that the Secretary of State fur
nsh the committee on printing and binding copies
of the c ntIact under which the tate printing and
binding was done for the year 1875 and 1876,
also for the year 1885 and 1886; also that the
State Treasurer furnish the same committee with
the amount that has been paid for doing the print
ing and binding for the State for the last four
BY Mr. Russell of Kennebec, that the committee
on temperance inquire into the expediency of re-
p pss5 relative to the disposal Of forfeited liquors
also that the use of the Senate chamber be grant
ed to the Maine Press Association on Thursday
evening" Jan. goth, and Friday evening" Jan. 21st,
for their annual meeting and exercises.
By Mr.. G0odenow, that the committee on judi
sary inquire into the ekpedsney i sec e.
returns by the treasurers OF steam navigation
companies.
BY Mr. Heath that the committee on judiciary
inquire into the expedency Of repeating so much
of Sec 9. Chap "a, of the Revised Statutes, as
requires Is the gaRa y to seR0rt the names OF
By Mr.. Gilbert of Oxford that the committee on
legal affairs inquire into the expediency OF amend
striking out all after the word fence" in the sixth
line. and to the word 'sha" in the same line:
BY Mr. Burreil Of HANCOCK, that the committee
on mercantile affairs and insurance be authorized
to inquire what amendatory legislation is necessa-
ry to the insurance statutes of Maine.
HOUSE.
In the House of Representatives the
number of bills, petitions, etc, introduced
was very large.
resolution to amend the constitution so as to
give to women the elective franchise, by Mr..
FOgg of Portland, by request OF the Portland
Womans Suffrage Association.
An act to confirm and make valid the organiza-
ton of the Auburn Home tor Aged women.
An act to authorize the County Commissioners
of Penobscot County to purchase the Chamber
lain records, plans and abstracts" which relate
to the PenobscOt county records.
Petition and bill of K. ii. Greeley, and others,
and an accompanying act to incorporate the
Mount Desert Water Company by Mr.. WiSwell
of Ellsworth; also by Mr.. Wiswell, an act to in
corporate the Hancock Point Water Company
Petition and act for incorporation Of the York
Water Company to supply inhabitants OF towns OF
York with water, by Mr.. Spinney OF Kittery.
Petitions of residents of Bar Harbor and vicin-
ity for an act to incorporate the Eden Water Com
Az act to amend an act entitled "An act to
supply the people of Wateryille," by Mr.. Head Of
Petition of Selden Connor and 311 others for
the better protection OF women, by Mr.. Manley OF
Augusta
Of the Belfast Water Company, by Mr.. Fogg OF
| Portland.
lection of trout in Davis and Nerton's brooks in
| Shapleigh, by Mr.. Cook of Shapleigh; also pet.
tion of Arthur c. Watson ct ais. for protection OF
| pickerel in Hargrave's Pond in Shapleigh.
| Petition of g. j. Chapman and others asking
legislation to prevent the State Prison using CON
Wet labor in direct competition with free labor by
| Mr.. haw of Portland.
Petition to incorporate the Somesyille Water
| Company.
| 1885 entitled an act to incorporate the Lime
| Rock Transit Company.
Bill to amend the special laws OF 1875 relating
| to the St. Croix Gas Light Company.
Petition for additional laws TO suppress the
liquor traffic, and for raising the age q consent.
| An act TO make valid the d0lngS OF tne Town ol
Sidney, by Mr.. Reynolds.
| A petition asking for the repeal OF the SEEMING
law, or the allowance OF free uSnlDB, dlSo d pclt
| Jion of Pemaquid parties that the close time on
Holsters be repealed, and that lO1a inches De the
legal length, by Mr.. Condor of Friendship.
An act in relation to Pennell Institute, in the
town of Gray, by Mr.. Sturgis Of New Gloucester.
| An act to Incorporate the Brunswick village
| Corporation, by Mr.. Roberts of Brunswick.
A petition of S. L. Larrabee and others oi
Portland and the town of Scarborough for char
ter for a railroad from Scarborough Beach station
to Prout's Neck by Mr.. FOgg of Portland.
Petition of James l.. Holden of Oxford for a
pension, by Mr.. Packard of Hebron 49,.
Remonsfrance against the division OF the town
of PitJston
Petition for appropriation of money for Gettys-
burg Battlefield Memorial Association, by MT
| Cook of Shapleigh.
| An act to Incorporate the Limerick Loan anC
| Trust Company, by Mr.. Kicker OF WATERFORD
| An act to amend Sec. GA of Chap. 9 OF X. 5.
Petition of Rufus Tapley and 62 others for an
act to establish salary for the clerk OF courts II
| York county with an accompanying Dill, by Mr
| Allen of Alfred.
The bill relating to limitations of actions
was passed to be engrossed.
Mr.. Harding Of Gorham introduced al
order that Orville S. Sanborn be granted ;
leave Of absence for ten days; Mr.. Fogg o
Portland that the House of Representative
be granted to Mary A. Livermore for the
evening of FEBRUARY Sd for her to addres
the Representatives on the subject of woman
suffrage. This order was presented on re
quest of the Woman Suffrage Association 0
Portland. Both orders were passed.